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Administrative news
Published on 16 October 2017
Alain Fuchs elected president of Paris Sciences & Lettres (PSL)
PSL press release, Paris, dated October 5th 2017 – Mr Alain Fuchs, president of the CNRS, was unanimously elected Presdient of Paris Sciences & Lettres...
Highlights
Published on 12 October 2017
October 12th 2017, the asteroïd 2012 TC4 will cross the Earth’s orbit
On Thursday, October 12th 2017 at 5h42 UTC, at 7h42 French time, the asteroïd number 2012 TC4 will cross the Earth’s orbit, at a distance of 50 151 km from...
Exhibitions and information
Published on 6 October 2017
A new mobile exhibition available : Comets !
Newly arrived in the catalogue of mobile exhibition, Comets : Tracking the origins of planetary system . This exhibition reviews the remarkable adventure of...
Highlights
Published on 4 October 2017
4th Oct. 2017 | 40th anniversary of the Nançay decameter array
On October 4th 2017, the decameter array at the Nançay radio-astronomical station will celebrate 40 years of uninterrupted observation and work. It has...
Highlights
Published on 4 October 2017
Focus on 40 years of observation with the Nançay decameter array
Modernized over time since its commissioning at the end of 1977, the Nançay decameter array (NDA) of the Nançay radio astronomy station distinguished itself...
Exhibitions and information
Published on 3 October 2017
October 2nd 2017 | Public inauguration of the Arago statue
On October 2, 2017, a bronze statue of François Arago (1786-1853), a contemporary work of the Belgian artist Wim Delvoye, was inaugurated in the gardens of...
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Published on 3 October 2017
Alain Brillet et Thibault Damour, 2017 CNRS gold medallists
On Wednesday, September 27th 2017, the physicists Alain Brillet and Thibault Damour will receive the 2017 CNRS gold medal for their major contributions to...
News from the labs
Published on 27 September 2017
CTA Releases its Updated Science Case
September 24th, 2017 — The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) will be the foremost global observatory for very high-energy gamma-ray astronomy over the next...
Administrative news
Published on 20 September 2017
Ceremony and lecture – Gothenburg Lise Meitner Award 2017
21 September, 2017, Françoise Combes, Astrophysicist at the Observatory of Paris, LERMA, France, is the winner of the Gothenburg Lise Meitner Award 2017....
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Published on 13 September 2017
September 15th 2017 | End of the Cassini mission
On Friday, 15th of September 2017, the Cassini-Huygens probe will dive once and for all into Saturn. A historic event which will be shown in real time at...